Energy recovery from mass burning of refuse in waterwalled incinerators

W.D. Turner

Energy, 1985, vol. 10, issue 1, 41-56

Abstract: There are currently ten waterwalled incinerators in the U.S. which recover energy from the mass burning of municipal waste. The plants range in size from a 160 ton (145 t) per day (metric units are shown parenthetically; metric tons are denoted by the symbol t) system at Portsmouth, Virginia to a 2000 ton (1820 t) per day plant at Pinellas County, Florida. Some of the refuse-to-energy plants are reliable and performing well. The performance of several plants, however, is poor, and two were closed in the 1982–1983 period; one of these is back in operation. The operation of the ten plants is described, with emphasis on recent and projected performance.

Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(85)90018-0

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